Sadiron holder



April 18, 1950 M PARKER 2,504,575

SADIRON HOLDER Filed Sept. 4, 1948 HERBERT M. PA KKER INVENTOR.

Patented Apr. 18, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SADIRON HOLDER Herbert M. Parker, New York, N. Y.

Application September 4, 1948, Serial No. 47,829

This invention relates to an electric flat iron holder.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an electric flat iron holder which is adapted to be attached to a suitable part of an ironing 1 board or to a shelf of a storage compartment and which is formed of resilient wire or band material of any geometrically shaped cross section and formed into a suitable shape as will hereinafter appear. The iron holder herein is adjustable to different sizes of irons to accommodate them and is also provided with a loop for the nose or back of the iron so that the latter will be retained under said loop when the iron is in place upon the holder, said loop also serving to prevent the removal of the iron from the holder in the direction of the loop.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide an electric flat iron holder adapted to be attached to an ironing board to support the iron, which is of simple construction, easy to install upon the ironing board, inexpensive to manufacture, which extracts little heat from the iron, has not parts which may burn and which is efilcient in operation.

For other objects and for a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the holder mounted upon an ironing board.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the holder mounted on the ironing board.

Figure 3 is a sectional view, in elevation, taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a sectional view, in elevation, taken on line 44 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the holder removed from the ironing board clamp and inserted in special brackets to be suspended downwardly for effecting the storage of a flat iron within a cabinet and from a shelf thereof.

Figure 6 is a side elevational view of a modified form of holder adapted to receive a screen guard to prevent children or others from becoming burned. The screen guard or shield being shown in section.

Referring now to the figures, it) represents an ironing board top which is supported upon foldable members H and i2. Over the rear end or any convenient portion of this ironing board top l0, there are extended clamp brackets I3 which are made secure with the board edge by thumb screws l4. Each clamp bracket has a recess or 2 Claims. (01. 248-11717).

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opening [5 to receive a downwardly bent end of the wire or band forming the holder. This end is indicated at Iii. The clamps l3 are laterally spaced from one another and support the holder in its entirety. The holder material such as resilient wire is shaped into two side loops I1 and is adapted to respectively embrace the side of the fiat iron and a central loop l9 serving to support the bottom of the iron and having a bent up closed end portion 2| adapted to receive the nose of the iron as shown, but also capable of receiving the iron back. The electric iron is disposed in the holder in the preferred manner as shown in Figure 1; the nose being extended through the upwardly bent closed end 2i of the bottom loop I9. The electric iron is indicated at 22. The side loops ii and I8 can be expanded in order to accommodate the particular electric iron extended into the holder. The electric iron will accordingly be held also against lateral displacement, the loops IT and it being adapted to engage tightly with spring action the sides of the fiat iron, and being adapted to be spread apart to accommodate the iron.

In Figure 5, there is shown a holder depending from specially formed brackets 23 secured to a shelf 24 by screws 25. These brackets 23 are adapted to receive the bent ends 16 of the holder. The flat iron can be supported within the holder by sliding the same vertically downwardly into place to spread the side loop portions of the holder and to locate the nose or back of the iron within the bent up closed end of the bottom loop I9. The loop portions are so shaped that they extend over the sides of the fiat iron in such a manner to prevent the electric iron from tilting outwardly from the bottom loop IS. The loops l1 and i8 extend inwardly of the bottom edges of the flat iron.

In Figure 6, the holder is formed in such a manner that its lower loop l9 has downwardly depressed portions 26 and 2'! to which a wire shield 28 may be secured as by welding or in any other suitable manner. This shield has a bottom portion and upwardly extending side portions 29 and an end portion 3|. These portions surround the iron and are sufiiciently spaced from the iron to prevent the engagement of ones body therewith. The shield in no way interferes with the expansion of the loop portions when the flat iron is inserted between them.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shall be understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims. Moreover, other attaching means of the holder to the iron may be formed integral with or afiixed to the ironing board so that such means are not removable. In addition, the board may be of metal, composition or wood.

I claim:

1. An iron holder formed of a continuous wire having ends adapted to be extended into brackets, side loops for receiving the sides of the flat iron and adapted to be spread to accommodate the iron and a central loop portion having an upturned closed end for receiving the bottom face of the iron and either end thereof, and a screen guard or shield having a bottom portion, side and end portions to enclose the flat iron and said shield being secured to one of the portions of the wire.

2. An iron holder formed of a continuous wire having ends adapted to be extended into brackets, side loops for receiving the sides of the flat iron and adapted to be spread to accommodate the iron and a central loop portion having an up:- turned closed end for receiving the bottom face of the iron and the nose thereof, and a screen guard or shield having a bottom portion, side and end portions to enclose the flat iron and said shield being secured to one of the portions of the wire, and the central bottom loop of the wire having depressed portions and the portion of the wire to which the shield is connected being the central bottom portion and the connection being effected with the depressed formations thereof, said bottom portion of the shield engaging with the depressed formations.

HERBERT M. PARKER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,523,555 Murphy Jan. 20, 1925 2,021,496 Anger Nov. 19, 1935 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 247 Great Britain "Jan. 5, 1909 69,690 Norway Oct. 29, 1945 

